A shrub, with slender nearly glabrous branches. Leafstalks 1/4– 3/4 in. long, with a few stelliform hairs, slightly dilated at the apex; stipules subulate. Leaves 1–2 in. long, 1 in. wide, subcoriaceous, roundish or oblong, subcordate or tapering at the base, obtuse or sometimes pointed at the apex, crenate-serrate or dentate and frequently thickened at the margins, glabrous above, slightly tomentose below, palmately 3–5-nerved, arcuate-veined. Peduncles solitary or in pairs opposite the leaves, or terminal on short contracted branches or “spurs,” dividing into 2–3 short pedicels or 1-flowered by abortion. Flower-buds angular, oblong, pointed. Sepals oblong, 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Petals oblong, emarginate, shorter than the sepals. Ovary villose. Drupe 1–4-lobed; lobes yellowish, smooth, the size of small peas, each with a 2-celled stone.
